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The Prosecutor, the Defender, the Father and his Son

Iglika Triffonova

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Dutch premiere

Courtroom drama based on a true story. Two ambitious lawyers go head to
head in the trial against Milorad Krstić, who is accused of war crimes, at the
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague. The
testimony of witness K109 seems to be decisive for the indictment of Krstić,
but turns out to be partially flawed.

Synopsis

Defender Mikhail Finn managed to refute all accusations against his
client, Milorad Krstić, who stands trial on accusations of war crimes committed
during the Bosnian war. Convinced of Krstić’ guilt, public prosecutor Catherine
Lagrange calls a young witness who makes an incriminating statement against him.
He claims to be an orphan and to have been a member of the paramilitary group Gvardia,
which was led by the accused.

Finn goes to the Balkan in order to verify the testimony. There, he finds
out that the boy’s father is still alive. This not only undermines the credibility
of the witness, but has far-reaching consequences for the boy and his family. It
gradually becomes clear that the search for truth and that for justice do not
always go together.

Credits

Bulgaria, Netherlands, The, Sweden 2015, 105 min.

Fiction,

Spoken language: Bosnian, English, Swedish

Subtitles: English

Official website: http://www.amstelfilm.nl/thedefenderthe-father-and-his-son